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Taking Joshua to the ENT

We are bringing Joshua to the Ear Nose & Throat specialist tomorrow. I’ve been both dreading and looking forward to this day for almost a month now.

I will be bringing up all of Joshua’s issues – from his frequent & lingering colds (and likely ear infections) to his snoring and poor breathing at night. I strongly feel we need to have his adenoids removed and this is what I want to discuss tomorrow. I’m sure the doctor will agree with me, but taking my children to new doctors always makes me nervous. I prefer a more holistic, natural approach to things (we seriously delay vaccinating our children for one) and not all doctors are supportive of that. That’s ok, but I get nervous about potential condescending attitudes I’ve experienced in the past. I don’t want Joshua pumped full of drugs that just mask a problem either. I’m not against medications, but so many times it really treats symptoms and not the cause.

Plus I hate when my children are treated as a “statistic” and not as an individual as so often happens these days. I refuse to stand by and let that happen, but I am not a confrontational person (I will when it comes to my children though!) so I get anxious before doctor appointments. (Except our wonderful family doctor who I know and trust explicitly.) Of course, usually I am nervous and it’s all for nothing. I know some of my nerves are coming from the fact that we very likely could walk out of there with a surgery date for Joshua and while it will be good to get this taken care of, no parent wants to think about their child going through surgery.

If you can please pray for us, I’d really appreciate it. Ultimately I know God will work this all out and I trust Him, but in the moment, it’s hard not to stress about my sweet little Joshua. This is about his health and we want him to feel better, so I’m praying this doctor will help us accomplish that.

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But I wanted to ask you if you have looked into the chiropractor for him. I tried it with my daughter and it did AMAZING things!! Here colds never had time to get bad and it has kept ear infections at bay.

Thanks Stephanie. Yes, I’ve tried the chiro with him – it didn’t seem to do much at all. And I’m a big believer in chiro-care – I go all the time for myself. I just can’t afford to take him all the time when it hasn’t seemed to help much. 🙁 I honestly think that his adenoids are huge and no matter how many natural remedies (I’ve tried countless) I do, it won’t change anything if his adenoids are huge and in the way. But thanks so much for the tip! That’s wonderful to hear it helped your daughter!

I’m glad you tried it. I wasn’t a fan of it to start with for kids (I go for myself all the time) but I understand not wanting to pay for it if it isn’t working. I do hope your appointment goes well and I will look for an update!!!

My son had the same issues. We had his adenoids taken out the first part of July and the difference was amazing. My husband and I use to hear him snoring all the way down the hall. The first couple of nights after his suregery, my husband kept running in his room to check on him because we could not hear him any more. I wish you all the best of luck with this.

He will be three next month. I was just reading your post on his check up. I am so glad it went well. I always get myself so worked up when my kids have dr’s appointments with someone new! My son also has horrible allergies. I have put off as long as possible going to an allergiest but next month when I take him for his 3 year check up, I will be asking his peditrician to recommend a good allergiest. His allergies definately get worse in the fall. I am glad you said something about the nasal turbinates. I am going to look into that also.

Our little guys seem to have a lot in common, Marie!
Do you have any ideas as to what your son is allergic to? I know Joshua has allergies and I get advice left and right for what to do (no dairy, no wheat, and on it goes.) But allergies can be so tricky and when they are little and dont’ communicate well, it’s hard! And I don’t want to waste time trying things that are a pain in the neck to do, and yet may be completely off track, you know? I also know that when this age, they are still changing and it may not be a “real” allergy. Our family doctor said once they are five years old, it’s more of a “set” allergy, but before it may not be. I don’t know. Please keep me posted on what your ped says and if you get your son into the allergist – I’d love to know what you do!
Thanks so much for taking the time to share with me! 🙂

They definately seem to have a lot in common. We live in Mississippi. His allergies seem to be worse at the end of summer/start of fall and then when spring rolls around. We live around a lot of farm land and when it comes time for harvest season, I notice a huge difference in all of our allergies. My son and my husband seem to get the worst of it though. We have never really determined if he has any food allergies but I would be willing to bet he has some type of dairy allergy. We are in the process of switching over to soy milk and trying to limit the amount of dairy he gets. It has been hard though because he loves chocolate milk and yogurt is his favorite snack. He does not mind the chocolate soy milk so that has helped some. He also has eczema. About the time we get it all cleared up, he will wake up the next morning and the behind his knees and elbows will be covered again. My daughter had eczema as well but about the time she turned 3 or shortly there after, hers cleared up on its own. Unfortunately that does not seem to be the case with his. I will definately let you know what the peditrician has to say. The last time he had an appointment and we discussed the allergy issue, he suggested we try childrens Zyrtec with him. Honestly, I can not tell much of a difference. We upped him to the max dose he can take which is 1/2 tsp in the morning and 1/2 tsp at night. I hate giving him medicine if it isn’t working. I feel so bad for him at night. He will wake up crying because he just can not breathe. It is nice to have another Mama to correspond with about these things. Hope you and your family have stayed safe from wrath of Irene!